Re: reran Setup: /etc/profile: line 136: /usr/bin/hostname: No such file or directory

[Gerry Reno <greno at verizon dot net>]

On 09/07/2014 02:12 AM, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Gerry Reno writes:
>> Reran setup on a XP machine this afternoon (Base only) and when I bring up a cygwin term I see this:
>>
>>     /etc/profile: line 136: /usr/bin/hostname: No such file or directory
>>
>>
>> Previously:
>>
>>     $ which hostname
>>     /usr/bin/hostname
> Previously, this was in coreutils, but is now provided from another
> package.
>
>> Today:
>>
>>     $ which hostname
>>     /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/hostname
> You are missing the hostname package.  Since that package it is in Base,
> it should be installed automatically.
>
> So somehow you've managed to update coreutils, but not install hostname.
>
>
> Regards,
> Achim.

The original installs were done back in January.

When I rerun Setup and update them they have coreutils but no hostname package.
The hostname package does not get added.


Gerry



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